Title: MATATAG makes learning more effective?

Situation: DepEd is forming a new curriculum called MATATAG to

improve learning for students.
Position: Affirmative
Affirmative:
a) This curriculum involves adding more useful learning areas such as
Makabayan and Peace Education
b) Forming a new curriculum keeps the students’ way of learning up
to date.
c) The curriculum reduces the learning areas from 7 to 5
Negative:
a) 70% of the current curriculum will be cut
b) Mother tongue will be removed as a subject which upsets many
people
 MATATAG makes learning more effective?
According to recent news, DepEd is forming a new curriculum
called MATATAG. It stands for “Make the curriculum relevant to
produce job-ready, active and responsible citizens; Take steps to
accelerate the delivery of basic education services and provision
facilities; Take good care of learners by promoting learner well-
being, inclusiveness learning, and positive learning environment;
and, give support for teachers to teach better”.
They claim that it will improve the method of education for
learners. It will also resolve issues and problems in the current
curriculum while keeping what the students learn up to date.
It is said that they will reduce the learning areas from 7 to 5.
These learning areas are: language, reading and literacy,
mathematics, makabansa (nationalism), and good manners and
right conduct. The learning areas were reduced in order to focus
on the more useful subjects and topics.
While many rejoiced to hear this news, there were also many
who were upset that Mother Tongue would be removed as a
subject. Apparently, Mother Tongue will no longer be a subject so
students can focus on exercising literacy and numeracy. However,
people did not like the fact that an important subject for younger
students would be redacted.
In conclusion, the curriculum will be updated to resolve issues
and problems in the education system. Many are disappointed
that mother tongue will only be a method of instruction and not a
subject because it’s one of the only ways for younger students to
learn their traditional dialect.
Whether DepEd keeps Mother Tongue as a subject or not, it’s
time for people to accept the fact the curriculum will be updated
to make learning more effective for students. These changes will
be done to make sure that the knowledge of students will be
useful. Therefore, we, the people, should appreciate the agency’s
effort to keep the student’s education up to date and helpful. We
should all hope DepEd’s way of resolving the issues in education
will be effective for learners. #